J. C. Williams, 1925 July 3

williams progressed and Bamilies banded together for their mtual |

protection, He was finally captured a few days later in a saw mill|
near Ozark, Dale County. Williams admitted his identity and that
he had killed the three women though he unsuccessfully sought to
implicate another man as an accomplice 4n the Brownymurder, Indic-
ted in Pike County for the Brown and Williams murders, he was tried
only for the Brown murder, convicted and sentenced to die, Before
his trial had ended, he repudiated his confession, denying that he
had killed the women and continued to maintain.this until his death,
The gallows were erected just behind the Pike County Jail at Troy,
enclosed by an iron fence, When Williams heard the sounds of the
scaffold being erected, he went into a rage, tore his matrees into
shreds and broke a water pipe in his cell, However, he calmed

down when the Sheriff appeared, In spite of thefact that the exe-
cution on July 3, 1925, was supposed to have been private and a
fence had been erected to insure this, it is estimated that 5,000
people managed to witness it from various vantage points. In a
brief speech from the gallows, he again denied his guilt and said
that he had not received justice, though he did thank Sheriff Carr-

p11 for his kindnesses to him during his confinement, No appeals
BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Ala., 3-8-1925; 5-29-1925:

5-18-1925 6=209-19253 T=l-1925, Last words: "Goodbye, Byeryppdys,,

williams progressed and Bamilies banded together. for their mtual —
protection, He was finally captured a few days later in a saw mill|
near Ozark, Dale County. Williams admitted his identity and that
he had killed the three women though he unsuccessfully sought to
implicate another man as an accomplice tn the Browngmurder, Indic-
ted in Pike County for the Brown and Williams murders, he was tried
only for the Brown murder, convicted and sentenced to die. Before
his trial had ended, he repudiated his confession, denying that he
had killed the women and continued to maintain.this until his death
The gallows were erected just behind the Pike County Jail at Troy,
enclosed by an iron fence, When Williams heard the sounds of the
scaffold being erected, he went into a rage, tore his matress into
shreds and broke a water pipe in his cell, However, he calmed

down when the Sheriff appeared, In spite of thefact that the exe-
cution on July 3, 1925, was--supposed to have been private and a
fence had been erected to insure this, it is estimated that 5,000
people managed to witness it from various vantage points In a
brief speech from the gallows, he again denied his guilt and said
that he had not received justice, though he did thank Sheriff Carr-
oll for his kindnesses to him during his confinement. No appeale
BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Ala., 3-8-1925; 5-29-1925;

5-18-1925; 6=20-19253; 7-l-1925, Last words: "Goodbye, Everybody, ,
Bodbye”

‘williams progressed and Banilies banded together for their mutua:
protection, He was finally captured a few days later in a saw mill
near Ozark, Dale County, Williams admitted his identity and that

he had killed the three women though he unsuccessfully sought to

implicate another man as an accomplice am the Browngmurder, Indic-|
ted in Pike County for the Brown and Williams murders, he was tried
only for the Brown murder, convicted and sentenced to die, Before

his trial had ended, he repudiated his confession, denying that he
had killed the women and continued to maintain.this until his death
The gallows were erected just behind the Pike County Jail at Troy,
enclosed by an iron fences

vhen Williams heard the sounds of the
scaffold being erected, he went into a rage, tore his matress into
shreds and broke a water pipe in his cell, However, he calmed

down when the Sheriff appeared, In spite of thefact that the exe-
cution on July~3, 1925, was supposed to have been private and a
fence had been erected to insure this, it is estimated that 5,000
people managed to witness it from various vantage points, In a_
brief speech from the gallows, he again denied his guilt and said
that he had not received justice, though he did thank Sheriff Carr-
oll for his kindnesses to him during his confinement, No appeals

BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Ala., 3-8-1925; 5-29-1925;
5=18-19253 6-20-1925; 7--1925. Last words: "Goodbye, Eyerybpdy,,,

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Williams, a black man, was a native of Georgia who was sentenced
to lifeimprisonment there following conviction off a first degree
murder charge, He managed to escape from the prison farm to which
he was assigned and made his way to Dothan, Alabama, where he was
convicted of assault and battary following his striking a black
girl on the head with a tree limb and sent to an Alabama prison
farm for 90 days. Shortly after he was released, he went on a
ramage and on thenight of March2, 1925, he attacked and strangled
to death ablack woman, Magnolia Jones, near her home at Ramer,
Montgomery County. Mrs. Jones' body was not found until Thursday,
MarchS, On the preceding night, Williams had waylaid another black
woman, Mattie Mae Williams, who had gone from her home near Orion,
Pike County, to a well and attacked her after which he hanged her
body from a tree where it was found with the neck broken shortly
afterwards. On the night of March 6, he attacked a third black
woman, Rose Brown, at her. home near Shellhorn, also in Pike County,
and, after raping her, strangled her to death with a rope and beat

’ her head to a pulp with an aXe The black residents of Pike and

Monteomery Counties lived in perpetual fear while the manhunt for

WinnIAMS, Ue Ue " LOTT Lo

Williams, a black man, was a native of Georgia who was sentenced
to lifeimprisonment there following conviction ofi a first degree
murder charge, He managed to escape from the prison farm to which
he was assigned and made his way to Dothan, Alabama, where he was
convicted of assault and battary following his striking a black
girl on the head with a tree limb and sent to an Alabama prison
farm for 90 days. Shortly after he was released, he went on a
rampage and on thenight of March2, 1925, he attacked and strangled
to death ablack woman, Magnolia Jones, near her home at Ramer,
Montgomery County, Mrs. Jones! body was not found until Thursday,
MarchS. On the preceding night, Williams had waylaid another black
woman, Mattie Mae Williams, who had gone from her home near Orion,
Pike County, to a well and attacked her after which he hanged her
body from a tree where it was found with the neck broken shortly
afterwards. On the night of March 6, he attacked a third black
woman, Rose Brown, at her. home near Shellhorn, also in Pike County,
and, after raping her, strangled her to death with a rope and beat
her head to a pulp with an ax, The black residents of Pike and

Mont comery Counties lived in perpetual fear while the manhunt for

WILLIAMS, J.C. TOEUTEL Eo

Williams, a black man, was a native of Georgia who was sentenced

» Alabama, where he was
convicted of assault and battary following his striking a black
girl on the head with a tree limb and sent to an Alabama prison
farm for 90 days. Shortly after he was released, he went on a
rampage and on thenight of March2, 1925, he attacked and strangled
to death ablack woman, Magnolia Jones, near her home at Ramer,
Montgomery County, Mrs. Jones! body was not found until Thursday,
MarchS, On the preceding night, Williams had waylaid another black
Mattie Mae “Williams, who had gone from her home near Orion,
her after which he hanged her
body from a tree where it was found wi
afterwards, On the night of March 6, he attacked a third black
woman, Rose Brown, at her home near Shellhorn, also in Pile County,
and, after raping her, strangled her to death with a rope and beat
her head to a pulp with an ax, The black residents of Pike and

Montgomery Counties lived in perpetual fear while the manhunt for